KOLKATA: BJP experienced a significant jolt on Thursday soon after Calcutta higher courtroom denied authorization to its 41-day rath yatra that was scheduled to begin from Cooch Behar on Friday. The HC selected to go with the state that held the rath yatra may well disrupt communal harmony in the north Bengal district bordering Assam.

The court docket directed BJP to set the yatra on keep until the up coming hearing of the scenario on January 9.

“I am not providing any relief to the petitioner. It will be tough for the police to comply with my purchase in a limited span of time. I as a result immediate to defer the BJP rath yatra until January 9,” reported Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty.

In a lot less than an hour, BJP lawyers approached Main Justice Debasish Kar Gupta, stating that the social gathering has made the decision to go the division bench versus the get and pleaded with him to hear the appeal petition on Thursday evening itself considering that the urgency of the make any difference due to the fact the yatra was to start out at 10am on Friday.

The main justice requested them to mention the matter in court on Friday at 10.30am. A division bench led by Justice Biswanath Somadder is very likely to hear BJP’s attraction petition.

Even as destiny of the rally hangs in harmony now, BJP president Amit Shah will go to Cooch Behar on Friday, anticipating a “favourable response” from the court.